UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End December 12 2009

Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending December 12 2009:

Agency

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of Visits
1Expedia.co.ukwww.expedia.co.uk8.27%
2lastminute.comwww.lastminute.com6.73%
3Thomsonwww.thomson.co.uk5.79%
4Thomas Cookwww.thomascook.com3.65%
5Cheapflights.co.ukwww.cheapflights.co.uk2.88%
6Travelzoo UKwww.travelzoo.co.uk2.76%
7TravelRepublic.co.ukwww.travelrepublic.co.uk2.67%
8First Choicewww.firstchoice.co.uk2.21%
9tavelsupermarket.comwww.travelsupermarket.com2.19%
10SkyScannerwww.skyscanner.net2.06%

Thomson Holidays - 6.32%
Lastminute.com – 5.99%
Thomas Cook – 4.18%
TravelRepublic – 3.12%
Cheapflights – 2.73%
TravelSupermarket – 2.55%
First Choice – 2.28%
Skyscanner – 2.01%
Travelzoo Uk – 1.8

Destinations and Accommodation

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of Visits
1tripadvisor.co.ukwww.tripadvisor.co.uk5.07%
2Booking.comwww.booking.com4.10%
3TripAdvisorwww.tripadvisor.com3.32%
4LateRooms.comwww.laterooms.co.uk2.96%
5Travelodge UKwww.travelodge.co.uk2.76%
6Premier Innwww.premiertravelinn.com1.77%
7InterContinental Hotels Groupwww.ichotelsgroup.com1.56%
8Hotels.com - UKwww.hotels.co.uk1.11%
9ViewLondon.co.ukwww.viewlondon.co.uk1.02%
10The National Trustwww.nationaltrust.org.uk0.96%

Airlines

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of Visits
1easyJet.comwww.easyjet.co.uk18.16%
2Ryanairwww.ryanair.com16.42%
3British Airwayswww.britishairways.com9.77%
4flybe.comwww.flybe.com7.45%
5Virgin atlanticwww.virgin-atlantic.com4.33%
6bmibabywww.bmibaby.com3.56%
7Jet2.comwww.jet2.com3.02%
8Monarch Airlineswww.flymonarch.com2.62%
9bmiwww.flybmi.com2.32%
10Aer Linguswww.flyaerlingus.com2.20%

Travel search terms

RankSearch TermPercentage of ClicksPercentage PaidPercentage Organic
1Google maps0.97%17.42%83.58%
2AA route planner0.79%3.80%96.2%
3Easyjet0.78%15.70%84.30%
4Train times0.74%0.59%99.41%
5Ryanair0.68%1.17%98.83%
6National rail0.63%0.28%99.72%
7Multimap0.54%0.23%99.77%
8Google earth0.47%2.77%97.23%
9Maps0.46%18.59%81.41%
10TFL0.45%0.02%99.98%

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

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